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jdemaris
01-29-2004 05:50:25
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Re: Re: Re: 350B still no start. in reply to SteveB, 01-29-2004 03:54:47
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The Motorola regulator has nothing to do with the starting system. I forgot that the reg. was sometimes mounted remotely. Getting senile, I guess. Quite often it was mounted "piggy back" on the alternator. I've taken a lot of them off and replaced with Delco, mainly because the parts are so expensive for the Motorolas. Anyway, this has nothing to do with your problem. You have to check voltage while under load. You also might detect the problem by testing the switches with an ohmeter, but not a continuity tester. In your case, since your problem is in the starting and ignition circuit, you need to "load" test the wiring at certain points. That is to say, voltage must be tested at several points while normal current is being drawn. A wire might read 12 volts at no load, but as soon as a few amps are drawn, voltage might drop to only a few volts. So . . . with the ignition switch turned on, and holding the starter button in, check the voltage at several points, e.g. and i.e. the input and output at the circuit breaker, BAT terminal at the ignition switch, IGN termial on the same switch, input and output at the starter button, etc. Somewhere, you're going to find more volage going in than coming out, and that's where the problem will be. If you have an ohmeter, you can check actual resistance in your switches. It's not a perfect test, but close enough.
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